ISEAS Perspective: Competition among Thailand’s Three Largest Parties Deepens the Country’s Political Uncertainties

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (center) poses for photos with MPs from the Bhumjaithai Party before delivering his first policy address to Parliament in Bangkok on September 29, 2025 | Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP

In this paper published by NYSEAN Partner ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Termsak Chalermpalanupap discusses how Thailand’s three largest parties—People’s Party, Pheu Thai, and Bhumjaithai—have been intensifying their competition in preparation for an early general election expected to be held in the first half of next year.

Termsak Chalermpalanupap is Visiting Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme, ISEAS –Yusof Ishak Institute. Previously, he was Lead Researcher on ASEAN political and security cooperation at ISEAS’s ASEAN Studies Centre.